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Live Review: Skinny Milk / The Shakin’ Nightmares / Sly Hand / Werms – Basecamp, Middlesbrough 02.06.2022

Another visit to the ever-brilliant venue, Base Camp, and its new gig room. The place had changed since my last visit with a properly raised stage and a tweak to…

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Film Review: This is GWAR

You might never have heard of GWAR but if you’ve ever seen them live you would never forget the experience. There is certainly no other band quite like them. Formed…

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Premiere Track: We Interviewed the Supremely Talented Nick Leng Ahead of the Release of His New Track ‘Easy’

Leng demonstrates an uncanny ability to draw on diverse sources for inspiration and produce music that is startlingly modern and yet somehow tinged with nostalgic hues.

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Album Review: The Birthday Letters – Yearning For Vitalists

Close, personal, warming and packed with beautiful moments, the new 8 track album Yearning For Vitalists from The Birthday Letters hit’s all the marks whilst remaining understated and unpretentious. Encompassing…

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Film Review: A Dark, Dark Man

During the dissolution of the Soviet Union at the end of the twentieth century, most of the satellite states took the opportunity to declare their independence. As Russia gradually dipped…

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Blu-Ray Review: Treasure of the Ninja

The ninja or shinobi have formed part of Japanese legend and folklore for hundreds of years. These mercenaries or ‘assassins for hire’ have managed to obtain an aura of mystery…

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EP: Ash Lune’s ‘Broken Science Experiments’ EP is a pocket of glittering gold that mixes personal vulnerabilities with a deep romanticism.

Brisbane artist Ash Lune has released a couple of highly impressive singles over the last year and it has culminated in the release of ‘Broken Science Experiments’: a vibrant collection…

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Live Review: Pixies / The Slow Show – Iveagh Gardens, Dublin 16.07.2022

Pixies were the band tasked with finishing off this years run of music at Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens.The gardens/park are almost completely surrounded by buildings and only a short walking distance…

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Fantasia Review – Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin

There are few directors who have been so overlooked, misunderstood and derided as Jean Rollin. While he was classed as part of the Euro cult movement, the Frenchman didn’t easily…

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South African Superstar Moonchild Sanelly to Headline Melbourne Club Night and Support Gorillaz

South African superstar, Moonchild Sanelly heading to Melbourne for headline show, prior to supporting Gorillaz Splendour Sideshows

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Live Review: Skinny Milk / The Shakin’ Nightmares / Sly Hand / Werms – Basecamp, Middlesbrough 02.06.2022

Film Review: This is GWAR

Premiere Track: We Interviewed the Supremely Talented Nick Leng Ahead of the Release of His New Track ‘Easy’

Album Review: The Birthday Letters – Yearning For Vitalists

Film Review: A Dark, Dark Man

Blu-Ray Review: Treasure of the Ninja

EP: Ash Lune’s ‘Broken Science Experiments’ EP is a pocket of glittering gold that mixes personal vulnerabilities with a deep romanticism.

Live Review: Pixies / The Slow Show – Iveagh Gardens, Dublin 16.07.2022

Fantasia Review – Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin

South African Superstar Moonchild Sanelly to Headline Melbourne Club Night and Support Gorillaz